Mondo grass is an excellent ground cover for shady areas, and the dense mat of roots holds the ground well where runoff is a problem. It is widely used as a border around beds, and is good for edging walkways and defining beds. Dwarf varieties are excellent as a groundcover around shady pools or garden statues: its height will not compete with the feature, dark green will contrast better than a bright green grass, and it will require no mowing. It is also used as an evergreen in planters, mixed with seasonal annuals for color.
Effects: Nourishing Yin, moistening the lung, tonifying the stomach, promoting the production of the body fluid, dispelling heat from the heart and relieving vexation.
Nature and Affinity:It is sweet and slightly bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature, and is distributed to the Heart, Lung, and Stomach Channels.
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What is Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber or Radix Ophiopogonis?
seminal trace...Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Extract.5:1.Radix Ophiopogonis,Dwarf Mondo Grass.Ophiopogon japonicus Thunb.Ker-Gawl.or Liriope spicata ;dried root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus Thunb Ker-Gawl.Ophiopogon root,Lilyturf root,mai men dong,Dwarf Mondo Grass,Dwarf Monkey...
Radix Ophiopogonis (Mai Dong)
English Name:Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber
Pharmaceutical Name:Radix Ophiopogonis
Botanical Name:1. Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb.) Ker-Gawl.; 2. Liriope spicata
Common Name:Ophiopogon root,Lilyturf root,mai men dong,Dwarf Mondo Grass,Dwarf Monkey Grass,Dwarf Lilyturf,Yan Jie Cao Gen.Ophiopogon Root,Ophiopogonis Radix.
Chinese Name: Mai men dong,Mai dong.
Source of Earliest Record:Shennong Bencao Jing
Taste: Sweet, slightly bitter
Origin:Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber is the dried root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus (Thunb) Ker-Gawl. (Fam. Liliaceae).
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations:The tuberous roots are dug in summer.After the fibrous roots have been removed, the roots are dried in the sun.
Nature and Affinity:It is sweet and slightly bitter in taste and slightly cold in nature, and is distributed to the Heart, Lung, and Stomach Channels.
Plant Description:
Fusiform, with two ends slightly tapering, 1.5-3 cm long, 3-6 mm in diameter. Externally yellowish-white, finely winkled longitudinally. Texture tough, fracture yellowish-white, translucent, stele small. Odour, slightly aromatic; taste, sweetish and bitterish.
Storage:Preserve in a cool and dry place, protected from moisture.
Habitat: Mainly output from Sichuan,Zhejiang.Wide spread to Jiang Xi,Anhui,Zhejiang,Fujian,Sichuan,Guizhou,Yunnan,GuangXi province of China.
Character:prefers warm and moisture,the main region of Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber such as Sichuan,Zhejiang averaged temperature 16~17 deg C whole yearly.annual rainfall over than 1000 mm,bear cold,strong to be alive when temperature as low as 10 deg C below zero,but growth inhibited,also good habitat at mountain area and north of China with lower temperature,but root comes smaller in size.Concealing needed when plant growing,leaves grows yellow under strong light which no good for plant growing,too much concealing make plant growing too fast and not good.Not prefer to aridity and waterlogging.
Dwarf Mondo Grass, Ophiopogon japonicus, is an ornamental grass which grows to 4" in height and is closely related to the liriope. It is also known as Dwarf Lilyturf, Mondo Grass Dwarf and Monkey Grass.This perennial evergreen grows in average, medium wet, well-drained soil in part shade to full shade. It spreads by underground stems or tubers. This plant is widely used in rock gardens, seashore plantings, borders and groundcovers. It is intolerant of full sun.
Dwarf Mondo Grass is a beautiful clumping dark grass that typically grows anywhere from four- to six-inches tall; the variety Nana grows just three-inches tall. An ornamental grass ideal for low traffic plantings, rather than a grass you might use to create a lawn, Dwarf Mondo is also known as Dwarf Lilyturf, Mondo Grass Dwarf and Monkey Grass.
Mondo Grass is native only to China, is not actually a grass but a lily. This perennial evergreen grows in dense, slowly spreading clumps, preferring average, medium wet, well-drained soil in filtered sun to full shade , it is intolerant of full sun. It spreads by underground stems or tubers and can be easily propagated by division.
Dwarf Mondo is hardy and will tolerate extreme dry conditions like those seen in Davis and is still frost tolerant to -15 Deg C. The leaves of Dwarf Mondo are somewhat finer than seen in other species and any blooms are hidden. Giant Mondo (O. jaburan has longer, broader leaves and the flowering stems can be up to 60cm (2') long,it is more clump-forming, tolerates only light frosts and has a weeping habit. Black Mondo (O. planiscapus "Nigrescens") has purple-black strap like leaves.
Properties & Taste:
Sweet, slightly bitter and slightly cold,The herbs is sweet and slightly bitter in flavour, slightly cold in nature and acts on the heart, stomach and lung channels. Being sweet, cold and moist in nature for nourishing Yin to clear heat and promoting the generation of the body fluid to moisten dryness, the herb mainly clears heart from the lung and stomach, moistens dryness of the lung, nourishes stomach-yin, dispels heat from the heart and relieve vexation. It is indicated for dry cough due to impairment of Yin caused by dryness of the lung, for thirst due to consumption of the body fluid caused by febrile diseae, for excessive heat due to Yin deficiency, for vexation and restlessness, and for other syndromes.
Effects: Nourishing Yin, moistening the lung, tonifying the stomach, promoting the production of the body fluid, dispelling heat from the heart and relieving vexation.
Classical Note:
Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing: "Sweet and mild in flavour, it is used most often in cases where stagnation of vital energy in the chest and abdomen is harming the organs of the body through surfeit; where blockage of the mai channels in the stomach; and in cases of physical weakness and of loss of vitality."
Opinions on the Properties of Herbs: "Used as a subsidiary ingredient in treatment. A remedy for hot poison, chronic thirst, edema, and dropsy, expelling surplus fluid, countering flaccidity of the heart, alleviating suppurations of the skin, and discharging turbid semen. Indicated in cases of stagnation of vital energy in the chest and abdomen; skin congestion; blurred vision; fullness of heart; and consumptive diseases manifesting in feverish symptoms and coughs."
Ri Hua Zi Ben Cao: "A cure for the five impairments which affect the heart, the liver, the spleen, the lung and the kidney; and for the seven damages... It calms and soothes the spirit, quenches thirst, counters weight gain, treats those diseases bringing symptoms of high fever and dementia, and alleviates coughing."
Kai Bao Ben Cao: "Its flavour is sweet and mild, and its nature, although slightly cold, is not poisonous. Use to counter unaccustomed feelings of heaviness, blurred vision, fullness of heart, and against consumptive diseases, marked by fever and coughing, which arise from depleted energy of internal organs and chronic thirst. Alleviates vomiting; counters flaccidity of the muscles and coldness at the extremities; strengthens Ying-energy and promotes spermatogenesis; protects against polyorexia; raises vital spirits, settles the energy of the lungs; calms the five internal organs; helps the body to lay down healthy fat; improves the complexion; brings male offspring."
1.To nourish the yin and moisten the lungs;
2.To strengthen the stomach and promote the production of body fluids;
3.To clear heat in the heart and relieve irritability;
4.Sedative and boost sleeping.
Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber:Pharmacology
Anti-asthma and anti-allergic effects:
In healthy guinea-pigs, Mai Dong polysaccharide can counteract bronchial contraction induced by a mixture of acetylcholine and histamine. The same effect is observed in guinea-pigs of egg white-induced allergies, inhibiting the occurrence of asthma. Mai Dong also significantly counteracts heterogeneous, passive ear allergic reactions in mice.
Anti-mutational effect:
Mai Dong does not cause mutation in hereditary substances. At large dosages, however, Mai Dong counteracts mutation.
Anti-aging effect:
Mai Dong can counteract the aging effect brought on by D-galactose. It can also decrease the body's free radical reaction, thus counteracting aging.
Lowering the blood sugar level:
Administered at the dosage of 40g/kg, Mai Dong can significantly lower the blood sugar level in mice of alloxan-induced diabetes; the same effect is not observed in healthy mice.Mai Dong polysaccharide significantly inhibits blood sugar in both mice of experimental diabetes and healthy mice.
Effects on immunologic competence:
Mai Dong polysaccharide can significantly increase the weight of young mice's thymus gland and spleen, and activate the swallowing function of mice's reticuloendothelial system.
Indications & Combinations:
1. Dry and heat in the lungs due to deficiency of yin manifested as cough with scanty and sticky sputum or cough with bloody sputum. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Glehnia root (Shashen), Asparagus root (Tianmendong), Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).
2. Deficient yin of the stomach manifested as dry tongue and thirst. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fragrant solomonseal rhizome (Yuzhu), Glehnia root (Shashen) and Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang).
3. Irritability and insomnia; (a) nutritive (ying) system invaded by pathogenic heat. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang), Bamboo leaf (Zhuye) and Coptis root (Huanglian) in the formula Qingying Tang; (b) heart yin deficiency with internal heat causing insomnia. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) and Wild jujube seed (Suanzaoren) in the formula Tianwang Buxin Dan.
4. Constipation caused by dryness in the intestines. Ophiopogon root (Maidong) is used with Fresh rehmannia root (Shengdihuang) and Scrophularia (Xuanshen) in the formula Zengye Tang.
5. To treat dry cough with little sputum due to impairment of the lung caused by dry heat, the herb is often used in combination with straight ladybell root, mulberry leaf, gypsum and other herbs for clearing heat from the lung to moisten dryness.
6. The herb is often used in combination with ginseng and achisandra fruit for invigorating Qi and nourishing Yin, such as Shengmai Powder, to treat vexation, thirst, perspiration and lassitude due to impairment of Qi and Yin caused by febrile disease; and with dried rehmannia root, straight ladybell root, fragrant solomonseal rhizome and other herbs nourishing Yin and promoting the generation of the body fluid, to treat dry mouth and thirst due to deficiency of the stomach-yin, or diabetes due to internal heat.
7. To treat vexation, dry mouth insomnia, dreaminess and red tongue with little fur due to Yin deficiency of the lung and kidney, the herb is often used in combination with dried rehmannia root, scrophularia root, Chinese angelica root, wild or spiny jujube seed and other herbs for nourishing Yin, moistening dryness, tonifying the heart and tranquilizing the mind.
8. Dry cough, phthisical cough; thirst due to impairment of body fluid; fidgetness and insomnia; diabetes caused by internal heat; constipation; diphtheria.
In treating cough from consumptive disease, dry mouth and throat, and dry cough with thick sputum due to exhaustion of Yin in the lung and stomach, the drug is often used in combination with Rhizoma Pinelliae, Radix Condonopsis Pilosulae, etc., or equal amount of the drug and Radix Asparagi are made into soft extract with honey and one or two spoonful of the extract is taken before meals, three times a day. In treating thirst due to exhaustion of body fluid, the drug is often used in combination with Radix Adenophorae Strictae, Radix Rehmanniae, etc.In treating vexation and insomnia due to invasion of heart from febrile disease into the heart, the drug is often used in combination with Cornu Rhinoceri, Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae, etc.In treating constipation due to dryness of the intestine as a result of deficiency of body fluid, the drug is often used in combination with Radix Rehmanniae and Radix Scrophulariae.
9. Moistening the lung, clearing away heat from the lung, nourishing the stomach and promoting production of body fluid.
10. Promotes lactation. The herb is contraindicated for those with diarrhea due to cold of deficiency type, or with cough caused by exopathogens.
Application Case Study.Mai Dong Grass Sleeping Formula
Mai Dong Grass Sleeping Formula Made of extracts from wild jujube seed, cnidium, anemarrhena, dwarf lilyturf tuber, prepared tuber fleeceflower root, schizandra fruit, red sage root and poria.
This product is applied in deficient yin-blood, insomnia, dreaminess, palpitation, uneasiness, hot palms and soles, night sweat and tinnitus. It is treated by the principle of nourishing yin, clearing heat, replenishing blood and sedation.
In Mai Dong Grass Sleeping Formula, Semen Ziziphi spinosae is plain and sweet, pertains to the heart-liver channel, nourishing blood and liver, calming the heart and sedation. It is used as the main (monarchal) ingredient. Rhizoma Anemarrhenae is bitter-sweet-cold, pertains to the kidney channel, capable of nourishing yin and clearing heat; Radix Ophiopogonis is sweet-bitter-cold, capable of nourishing yin, clearing heat and eliminating fidgetiness. Poria is sweet and plain pertains to the kidney channel, capable of sedation and calming the heart. The above three are used to strengthen the action of nourishing yin, clearing heat and tranquilizing. Radix Polygoni multiflori is sweet acerbity and mild warm, pertains to the liver-kidney channel, capable of nourishing spirit and blood. The above four are used as ministerial ingredients. Rhizoma Chuanxiong is pungent and warm, pertains to the liver-gallbladder-Heart channel. It activates blood and Qi, being "a herb of blood among Qi medicines". It regulates the Qi flowing mechanism and soothing the liver Qi. It coordinates with the monarchial ingredient to regulate the liver and nourish blood. Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae is bitter and slightly cold, pertains to the heart-liver channel. It clears the heat, activates blood, so that the tonic action won't be stagnated. Fructus Schisandrae is sour-sweet-warm, pertains to the kidney channel. It invigorates Qi and astringes yin to assist the action of benefiting Qi and nourishing yin. The above three ingredients are served as adjuvant ingredients. The total action of the recipe is replenishing yin, nourishing blood, clearing heat and tranquilizing.
Modern pharmacological studies reveal that Semen Ziziphi spinosae is a hypnotic and sedative. Perfusion of its water solution to mice markedly inhibits its spontaneous movement and prolongs the hypnotic action of pentobarbital, antagonizes the stimulation of caffeine. The total saponins and flavones it contains decrease the spontaneous movement, antagonizes the excitation to CNS by amphetamine. Though it yields hypnotic action, it does not anesthetize even applied in large dosage.
Rhizoma Anemarrhenae, Radix Ophiopogonis, Fructus Schisandrae and Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae are sedative. Subcutaneous injection of 0.1ml/10g Radix Ophiopogonis solution can induce tranquilizing action for over 4 hours, with synergistic action with sedative action of pentobarbital and chloramphenical, antagonizes the exciting action of caffeine. Radix Salviae miltiorrhizae decreases the spontaneous electric discharge of the brain, induces the increase of electric potential, strengthens the sedative action of the pentobarbital to CNS. In addition, Rhizoma Chuan xiong increases cerebral blood flow. Poria improves senile cellular immunity. In short, all the ingredients work together to yield action of effect on CNS, strengthens the immunity and is good for neurasthenia.
Cautions & Contraindications:
Dosage:6-15 g
This herb is contraindicated in cases with cough due to wind-cold type of common cold, with presence of phlegm fluid and turbid dampness, with diarrhea due to deficiency, and cold in the spleen and stomach.
1. Nourish yin and moisturize the lung.
2. Nourish the stomach and promote the production of body fluid.
Contraindication: Diarrhea due to insufficiency-type cold; excessive dampness; wind-cold pathogen; phlegm and cough syndrome due to cold.
Scientific References:
1.What is Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber or Radix Ophiopogonis?
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And as it happens,the technique of imitation,along with the production of the simulacrum,has always been in Plato's eyes manifestly magical,thaumaturgical:......and the same things appear bent and straight to those who view them in water and out,or concave and convex,owing to similar errors of vision about colors, and there is obviously every confusion of this sort in our souls.And so scene painting (skiagraphia) in its exploitation of this weakness of four nature falls nothing short of witchcraft (thaumatopoia), and so do jugglery and many other such contrivances.(Republic X,602c-d;cf.also 607c).
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seminal trace...Dwarf Lilyturf Tuber Extract.5:1.Radix Ophiopogonis,Dwarf Mondo Grass.Ophiopogon japonicus Thunb.Ker-Gawl.or Liriope spicata ;dried root tuber of Ophiopogon japonicus Thunb Ker-Gawl.Ophiopogon root,Lilyturf root,mai men dong,Dwarf Mondo Grass,Dwarf Monkey...
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